Best Modelling Environment for Vizard?

[tmcw]

Hi,

I'm looking to do some simple modeling of worlds for Vizard, and I'm not sure which environment would work the best. Blender seems to be very capable, and the fact that it's free is great for this situation, but funding can also cover 3dsmax if that's a much better option. As far as conversion specifically, importing models and worlds - is there a big difference in the capabilities of each? Any difference? This would be using R3, of course.

Thanks,
Tom